February 18, 2007

February 18, 2007

Do you have any idea how excited I am that the temperature is supposed to be up to 41 tomorrow? We need to have a “Spring is on the way” party!!! The kids didn’t have school Friday or tomorrow since their teachers have a work day and staff development, so we are enjoying our 4 day weekend. Except poor Bob, who has been working nonstop doing overtime.

On Monday, Kayla had her first major band concert. They held it in the HS gym and it was packed. It was for our district and there were at least 100 kids in the 5^th grade band and probably the same amount in the 6^th. They sounded amazing and Kayla was so excited to be in it. Bob said the 6^th grade band sounded better than a lot of high school bands he has heard. So, once again, we are pleased with this school district!

Tuesday ended up being a snow day. Everything was canceled because the roads were too slick and it wasn’t safe to travel. So, we enjoyed a quiet, lovely day indoors!

We had a GREAT Valentines Day on Wednesday. Alayna even had a fun pajama party at school and she got to frost some sugar cookies. I decorated the kitchen in red, white, pink balloons, and set the table with candles, hershey kisses and my best china. Then I made oven steaks, mashed potatoes, red jello, and wheat bread for dinner and made a hot fudge cake for dessert. To top it all, we watched Lost, which only seems to bring up more questions than give answers, but we still love it!

On Thursday, Tyler had his LEO people fair. He chose to be John F. Kennedy. So, for the past month, he has done tons of research on him, and then did a presidential library on him for his display. He did a great job and I was proud of how well he was able to answer everyone’s questions at the fair. The event was very well attended, quite crowded in fact.

Yesterday, Bob and I were invited to the annual Valentines/Newlywed game extravaganza. Marisa watched the kids while we went. Although we weren’t contestants this year, we had a fantastic evening and it was fun to be out on a date. The couples who hosted it made all the food (chicken cordon bleu, prime rib) and it was an amazing meal!

Alayna and I are home from church today. She has actually been sick most of the week with a bad cold, what I thought was pink eye (but has since cleared up) and a fever. She is doing better today, but kept her home so she doesn’t spread the germs. I woke up feeling under the weather, so I hope I will be back to normal tomorrow. It was a vERY dry sub week last week, and I hope that changes this week, but only if I feel well. I think its hard to stay healthy with this kind of weather. When your inner core temp dosent have a chance to raise, its no fun.

Well, we hope all of you had a Happy Valentines Day and that all are feeling well. We would love to hear from all of you!

Love-

Kris and family